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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES CREDIT
Appropriation
$14,000.00
DEBIT
Stationery, Printing, Postage, etc .:
Hobbs & Warren
$5.13
H. M. Dolbeare
2.25
G. W. Abbott
3.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone
30.47
Hugh Connell, dept. expenses .
8.01
W. H. Tyzzer, use of auto
3.00
$51.86
Groceries and Provisions:
W. C. Walker
327.71
Junction Market
124.28
C. W. Spear
8.50
A. C. Verge
3.36
A. W. Achorn
204.17
Gaspare De Agata
53.50
Chas. M. McCarthy
.70
Guiliano DiMauro
10.00
Geo. W. Reid
174.00
Frank S. Chwakzerski
8.00
W. L. Finney
3.86
Frank Lanzillo
4.77
922.85
Coal and Wood:
Curley Bros.
63.79
Thomas Hickey
33.75
L. E. Bennett
14.30
111.84
Board and Care:
Melrose Hospital
32.15
H. A. Creelman
50.00
City of Somerville
5.00
Mass. Gen. Hospital
37.25
City of Boston
137.15
Annie Fogarty
260.70
Mrs. George Morgan
130.36
Mrs. G. M. Thomas
167.86
E. W. Baily
10 00
Comm. of Mass.
32.86
City of Haverhill
22.87
City of Everett
18.00
Mass. Ear & Eye Infirmary
25.97
Various persons .
4.00
934.17
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
215
Medicine and Medical Attendance:
Visiting Nurse Ass'n . 4.50
Mass. Gen'l Hospital
9.15
Annie Doucette
5.00
Malden Hospital
43.00
City of Haverhill
35.71
City of Malden
74.50
Alice Deveau
15.00
O. H. Fessenden
20.00
Richard Dutton, M.D.
62.00
City of Boston
55.72
J. A. O'Leary, M.D. .
2.00
Joseph W. Heath, M.D.
38.00
364.58
State Institutions :
Comm. of Mass. 174.27
Rent:
Curley Bros.
50.00
Pasquale Leone
14.00
Ellen MacManemin
160.00
Jas. A. Coleman
60.00
Susie Guillow
8.00
N. E. Cutler
24.00
W. R. Estate & Bldg. Ass'n
12.00
John A. Munier
7.00
George H. Stout
7.00
342.00
Relief by Other Cities:
City of Chelsea
20.00
City of Boston
199.14
Chelsea Poor Dept.
18.00
City of Haverhill
12.00
City of Melrose
17.60
City of Malden
36.00
City of Woburn
89.34
392.08
Mothers' Aid :
Various persons, aid . 4,785.50
City of Cambridge
80.03
City of Woburn
144.00
City of Woburn
144.00
City of Boston
105.64
5,259.17
Clothing :
Elite Quality Shop shoes
59.65
A. F. Small
30.78- 90.43
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All Other:
O. H. Fessenden, use of am-
bulance
40.00
Elite Shoe Shop, shoes, etc. 39.24
A. F. Small, clothing 26.95
Peter Droukas, use of auto
3.00
W. H. Frawley, mov. furn.
5.00 114.19
ALMSHOUSE EXPENSES
Jacob Blick, Jr., 12 mo. to Dec. 31
$600.00
Other employees
719.18 $1,319.18
Groceries and Provisions :
W. P. Whitehead
10.21
F. C. Small Co. .
24.50
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa
234.16
A. G. Verge
340.27
Andrews & Olman
11.82
John E. Anderson
262.90
Jospeh Blick
13.70
Geo. W. Butterfield
35.36
Chas. M. McCarthy
85.37
Junction Market
174.95
House of Correction
6.45
Wakefield Centre Market
23.60
1,223.29
Dry Goods and Clothing:
Elite Quality Shop
10.03
C. W. West
5.14
Mass. State Prison
38.59
Reformatory for Women
22.16
Bowser & Co.
3.22
79.14
Buildings:
Commonwealth Heating Co.
85.52
F. P. Loughlin
43.56
M. J. Hallisey
27.00
E. B. Badger & Sons' Co.
133.50
J. Wallace Grace
2.60
J. W. MacInnes
10.63
Chas. J. Seaward
117.22
W. E. Knox
17.24
Otto Johnson
5.00 442.27
217
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Fuel and Light:
Light Dept.
33.60
J. W. McInnes
3.25
Jas. Reid
15.00
Curley Bros.
43.33
T. E. Cox & Sons
70.00
L. E. Bennett
290.44 455.62
Stable Expense :
T. E. Giles
14.00
L. H. Kirk
361.05
Curley Bros.
406.63
C. C. Jordan
4.50
Dan E. Fessenden
1.85
C. H. Playdon
9.00
F. H. Aubing
4.75
G. M. Kelly
26.23
Ralph Edmonds
14.00
Wakefield Harness Co.
2.00
844.01
Telephone:
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 25.78
All Other:
Russell Laundry, laundry
3.40
Ralph Edmands, milk
50.35
Wakefield Ice Co., ice
47.91
G. H. Taylor, sundries
24.50
Star Laundry, laundry
41.70
J. Laybolt, oil, tools, sundries 12.25
Joseph Breck Sons, pump
1.54
Jacob Blick, Supt., sundries 6.13
Jacob Blick, Jr., rug, sundries
45.65
E. P. Legg Co., trees 13.00
Ames Plow Co., seeds, sundries 54.81
J. Wallace Grace, sundries 3.93
W. W. Bessey & Son, dressing .
56.00
Curley Bros., seed potatoes, fertilizer 86.20
A. A. Nelson, dressing
5.00
Water Dept., water
40.00
L. H. Kirk, grain 37.00
R. & C. Farquhar, equipment 10.50
G. W. Beasley, sundries
11.64
Thomas Paon, hogs 2.00
Ganawatte Farm, pigs
32.00
218
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
G. A. Woodward, repairs
3.20
W. H. Butler, burial services
38.00
W. B. Hurd, medicine
4.68
Wiley Soap Co., soap
21.00
Light Dept.
4.10
Wakefield Laundry, laundry
3.85
Joseph W. Heath, services
71.90
732.24
$13,878.97
Balance Dec. 31
121.03
$14,000.00
$14,000.00
STATE AID CREDIT
Appropriation
Transfer from Reserve
$3,300.00 3,000.00
DEBIT
Various persons (civil war) . . $2,692.00
Various persons (German war) 3,445.99
$6,137.99
Balance Dec. 31
162.01
$6,300.00
$6,300.00
MILITARY AID CREDIT
Appropriation
$200.00
DEBIT
Balance Dec. 31
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF CREDIT
Appropriation
$3,500.00
DEBIT
Various persons
$3,260.00 240.00
Balance Dec. 31
$3,500.00
$3,500.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
219
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$102,800.00
DEBIT
Salaries :
W. B. Atwell, Supt., 12 mo. to Dec. 31
*$2,250.04
Gertrude V. Lofstrom, Clerk
*670.00
Mary Brehaut, Sub-Clerk .
20.00
Albert D. Cate, Att. Officer
652.60
*Balance of salary, see Practical Arts.
Stationery and Postage:
H. B. McArdle $38.71
H. M. Dolbeare
115.80
Thos. G. O'Connell 45.94
G. W. Abbott
114.57
S. Bromley .
3.50
Neostyle Co.
5.00
L. L. McMaster
2.90
Ross Vardon
3.87
Wright, Potter Co.
.80
Adder Mch. Co.
1.62
332.71
Telephone :
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
224.43 224.43
Travelling Expenses :
W. B. Atwell, rental of auto
150.00
W. B. Atwell, carfares, etc.
148.86
A. D. Cate,
11.30
Louise U. Ekman,
2.98
Chas. H. Howe, 66
20.13
333.27
Health :
Mary K. English, carfares 26.45
Various persons, pay roll
583.50
International Chem. Co., germ destroyers .
78.56
Sampson Soch Co.
5.80 694.31
Graduation and Reception :
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220
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
American Bank Note Co. .
50.00
G. W. Abbott, printing
10.50
Heywood Bros. & Wak. Co.
13.13
J. T. Paine
15.30
H. S. Parker, erecting stage
36.03
Geo. O. Russell, ticket taker
2.00
Harold C. Spenser, engraving diplomas .
27.50
C. A. Jones, music
25.00
H. F. Miller Sons Co., carting
5.00
H. M. Dolbeare, printing .
10.00
194.46
All Others:
Adder Mach. Co.
221.89
Various persons, pay roll
29.25
G. H. Taylor, supplies
.50
Light Dept., light
8.64
Ault & Wiberg Co.
4.50
Neostyle Co., office supplies
7.35
Lucas Bros., repairs
1.50
A. B. Comins, express
27.65
John Flanley, Hrs., rent
189.00
Little, Brown Co., books .
4.50
Bruce Pub. Co., books
2.50
Royal Type Co., ribbon
2.25
Samuel Stephens, supplies
2.31
Amer. Exp. Co., express. .
5.02
H. M. Meek, directory
8.00
B. H. Sanborn Co., book
1.39
W. H. Frawley, cartage
3.50
Western Elec. Co., equipment
4.50
School Board Journal subscrip.
2.00
Atkinson, Mentzer Co., paper .
2.15
Chas. Guarnaccia, school census
4.25
World Book Co., books
2.06
School Dept., petty cash
10.00
544.71
TEACHERS' SALARIES
High School :
Charles H. Howe
$2,300.00
John B. Sawyer
1,034.51
George M. Dickey
600.00
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Arthur A. Fulton
1,440.00
Helen W. Poor
1,000.00
Elizabeth Ingram
900.00
Norman Mansur
895.00
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Ethel G. Reed
900.00
Genevive Elmer
800.00
Hazel M. Andrews
310.00
A. Irene Goddard
926.25
Camilla Moses
900.00
Gertrude Butler
320.00
Ethelyn M. Pattee
111.25
Grace Emerson .
900.00
Helen F. Gilmore
898.00
Margaret A. Ryan
927.00
Anne Carroll
900.00
Alfred E. Preble
1,293.75
M. Alice Ryan
900.00
Addie M. Bucksey
891.00
Harriet M. Bigelow
900.00
L. E. Verry
37.50
Francena Quimby
157.50
Mary Brehaut
443.75
20,685.51
Lincoln School:
T. Frank Shea
1,500.00
Fannie E. Carter
800.00
Anna A. Hurley
698.25
Emma Locke
690.61
Eunice W. Fobes
746.25
Clara E. Davidson
750.00
M. Emma Vinal
747.45
Jessie S. Dyer
750.00
Isabel M. Elliot
750.00
Bernice E. Hendrickson
750.00
Glennah M. Shepard
290.00
Mary I. Hawkins
730.51
Hannah J. Ardill
750.00
Carolyn M. Burbank
697:57
Blanche Meserve
650.00
Catherina Slaiger
345.00
Philomena Silva
260.00
$11,905.64
Warren School:
M. Annie Warren
1,000.00
Mabel Whitaker
405.00
Ruby R. Bassett
260.00
Mary Kalaher
750.00
Irene Norton
743.00
Bessie E. David
750.00
Olive M. Brownell
725.00
Lillian A. Shaffer
750.00
Mary E. C. Geagan
750.00
Alice J. Kernan .
750.00
6,883.00
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222
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Hamilton School:
Elizabeth Gardner
840.38
Mary E. Kelly
748.13
Florence B. Holt
750.00
Mary C. Donovan
449.06
R. Louise Cone .
260.00
3,047.57
Greenwood School:
· Ross Vardon
1,400.00
Pertie Gray
275.63
Josephine Rourke
595.88
Helen Prescott
750.00
Lila McCormick
722.96
Mary L. Geary
628.25
Laura A. Hart
741.13
Susie E. Long
589.95
Mercie M. Whittemore
97.50
Gertrude Howland
725.63
6,526.93
Hurd School:
Harriet O. Paine
884.07
Eva E. Howlett
750.00
Marion F. Clapp
702.13
Lydia Sullivan
659.75
2,995.95
Franklin School:
1
Edward. L. Hill .
1,398.13
Eliza V. Coburn
735.00
Edith Fish
670.00
Marion deC Ellis
750.00
Gertrude Sullivan
696.50
Maude Arnold
750.00
Katherine Kelly
749.06
Dorothy Packer
441.13
Ruth Willey
238.50
Alleda T. Neal
725.00
Louise Pettingill
721.38
Mary G. Cole
260.00
Hester Walker
218.63
8,353.33
Woodville School:
Ruth Hickey
650.00
Isabel Hill
250.00
Ellen Connorton
134.08
1,034.08
Montrose School:
Elsie Smith
644.22
Mary T. Dowling
650.00
1,294.22
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Prospect Street School:
Mabel A. Kernan
734.26
Addie R. Crossman
748.38
1,482.64
Special Teachers:
C. Albert Jones
900.00
Isabella Hirst
770.00
Marjorie Brownell
550.00
Louise U. Ekman
810.00
Joseph Fanck
1,300.00
Mrs. Myrta Knight
598.75
John McMahon .
100.00
Eleanor Blaikie
260.00
5,288.75 °
Substitutes:
Mary Finucane .
114.00
Louise Hill
120.00
Inez Packard
127.51
Beatrice Perry
2.44
Gertrude L. Hill
1.41
Mrs. Bertha Phipps
33.01
Mrs. Ida Low
446.73
845.10
Summer School:
Mary Kalaher
60.00
Clara Davidson .
60.00
Elizabeth Payne
60.00
180.00
Janitors' Service :
Edward E. Eaton, High School
904.88
Francis O'Neil, Asst. H. S.
85.25
John Crosby, 66 100.98
Cyrus Kollaer,
33.88
Harding Eaton, 66
14.20
Leaman Packard,
48.75
Chester Darling 66
7.40
J. H. Keough, Jan. H. S. Cadets
24.00
1,219.34
Chas. E. Newman, Lincoln Scg.
1,087.54
Chas. E. Newman, Summer Sch. Albert Heath, Warren School .
627.00
Wm. P. Mansfield, Hamilton S.
326.04
Josiah H. Ringer, Greenwood S. D. Eugene Pease, Greenwood S. D. Eugene Pease, Summer Sch. W. W. Shedd, Hurd School
9.00
325.00
A. A. Mansfield, Franklin Sch.
652.08
200.64
C. E. Classen, Woodville Sch. . Lewis Hatch, Montrose School T. John Ardill, Prospect School
200.64
200.67 4,261.84
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18.00
312.50
302.73
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Evening School:
Edward L. Hill
120.00
T. Frank Shea
78.00
Mary Donovan .
18.75
Gertrude Sullivan
99.00
Olive Brownell
57.00
Ada Phipps
58.50
Laura A. Hart
3.00
Anna Donovan
79.50
Elsie Smith
39.00
Alice Kernan
1.50
Clarence VanDerveer
108.00
Raymond Dellinger
165.00
Edward E. Eaton
72.00
Wakefield Daily Item, adv.
5.00
Wakefield M. L. P., light
53.99
958.24
Practical Arts :
W. B. Atwell
100.00
Gertrude V. Lofstrom
8.00
Mrs. Hattie Tarr
90.00
Florence Brown
25.00
Alice M. Keane .
44.90
Louise Peck
47.94
Mrs. Grace Augherton
59.84
Edward E. Eaton
61.50
Carter, Rice & Co., supplies
.61
Curley Bros., fuel
33.57
Wakefield Daily Item, adv.
1.60
Wakefield M. L. P., light .
35.99
508.95
Less balance of $12.00 (1916)
12.00
496.95
Agriculture :
Donald White, Supt. .
500.00
Bates Garage Co., auto supplies
134.00
John J. Round, use of auto
66.00
Smith, Porter Press
3.00
703.00
School Physician :
Chas. E. Montague
300.00
225
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Books-High:
C. C. Birchard & Co.
27.92
Ginn & Co.
.65
D. C. Heath & Co.
15.88
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
7.43
Little, Brown Co.
7.00
Chas. E. Merrill Co.
8.45
D. C. Heath & Co.
9.75
Allyn & Bacon
151.05
D. Appleton & Co.
2.58
Gregg Pub. Co.
3.60
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
47.85
Oliver Ditson Co.
8.27
Phonographic Institute Co.
15.00
Benj. H. Sanborn Co.
18.30
Scott, Foresman & Co.
1.66
Atkinson, Mentzer & Co.
32.27
Ginn & Co.
66.47
Edger S. Werner Co.
.70
American Book Co.
273.63
Edw. E. Babb Co.
28.64
David Farquhar Co. .
29.00
D. C. Heath & Co.
153.85
Chas. E. Merrill Co.
2.26
Macmillan Co.
52.00
964.21
All Other-High:
G. H. Taylor, supplies
3.86
Underwood Type. Co., type-
writers
274.50
Ault & Wilborg Co., supplies
3.00
Chandler & Barber, supplies .
8.50
H. B. McArdle, supplies
29.95
Remington Type. Co., type- writers
305.00
American Book Co., books
3.35
Carter Ink Co., ink
66.50
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies
408.94
Wadsworth, Howland Co., sun- dries
.69
Neostyle Co., supplies
4.50
Alfred E. Preble, supplies . 28.28
Western ] Elec. Co., Eureka
Seamers Instru.
34.22
D. C. McIntosh Pub. Co., supplies .
7.55
226
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Boston Pap. Bd. Co., supplies . 29.40
Amerigraph Sup. Co., supplies . 15.55
L. Danziger, supplies
28.13
C. H. Howe, sundries
2.38
Library Bureau
3.83
Milton, Bradley Co., supplies
77.32
Neostyle Sales Agency, paper
6.25
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co., supplies
81.03
Falcon Press, supplies
29.68
Ginn & Co., Supplies .
.43
W. B. Greenough & Co.,supplies
13.50
Edw. E. Babb & Co., books
214.67
B. C. Makepeace, supplies
14.50
L. L. McMaster, supplies . ·
.90
1,696.41
Elementary-Books:
American Book Co.,
83.77
Edw. E. Babb Co.
111.61
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
31.72
Little, Brown Co.
54.53
Manual Arts Press Co.
1.50
Milton Bradley Co. .
14.24
Thompson Brown Co.
4.92
Chas. E. Merrill Co. . Ginn & Co.
158.50
D. C. Heath & Co.
42.71
Scott, Foreman & Co.
5.08
Silver, Burdette Co.
263.54
D. Appleton & Co.
24.75
MacMillan Co.
2.68
Benj. H. Sanborn Co.
2.76
Funk & Wagnalls Co.
12.19
David Farquhar & Co.
103.15
MacMillan Co.
3.27
985.67
All Other:
G. H. Taylor, supplies
72.85
Chas. W. West, supplies
7.29
Carter, Rice, paper
.40
Peter Becker, supplies
11.00
J. W. Grace Co., supplies
10.66
H. F. Miller & Sons' Piano Co., care piano
.50
John M. Woods & Co., supplies
195.88
Hub Moulding Co., supplies 8.18
Edw. E. Babb Co., supplies
16.62
64.75
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
227
Brown-Howland & Co., supplies
1.26
Chandler & Barber, supplies
9.50
J. L. Hammet, supplies
469.50
Frank Jameson, flags
46.80
H. B. McArdle, supplies
120.77
H. C. Hansen Type Foundry, type
361.58
Keystone Type Foundry, print- ing press
44.10
Edw. E. Babb, books
91.06
Bonney & Dutton, supplies
1.05
Milton Bradley Co., supplies
394.19
Wakefield Planing Mill, supplies
3.80
J. Wallace Grace, supplies
3.60
J. T. Paine, supplies
29.86
Stimpson & Co. .
26.00
University Pub. Co.
12.67
Light Dept.
4.50
Edw. Caldwell
7.75
Carter, Rice Co., cards
15.01
Jordan, Marsh Co.
2.00
Bumpus & Cook, sharpening tools
11.42
Carter Ink Co.
4.00
W. H. Frawley, teaming
10.00
Ginn & Co., books
5.56
H. M. Meserve & Co.
1.60
Samuel Stephens, type
14.01
Bowser & Co., supplies
1.55
Etta F. Tingley, cotton goods
75.00
Falcon Press, printing
48.70
L. L. McMaster, supplies .
11.68
2,151.90
Repairs, Supplies-High School:
C. Bowering
75.58
John Minniken
9.80
W. A. Prescott
29.38
A. D. Sederquest
48.53
John Middleton
.70
G. W. Beasley
17.82
W. H. Frawley
40.99
Boston Woven Hose Co.
116.73
Lucas Bros.
7.25
Frank J. Jameson
6.25
George H. Taylor
9.88
Water Dept., water rates
50.00
J. Wallace Grace, sundries
2.65
W. E. Simm, inspection
2.00
228
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
W. S. Atherton, Est., sundries . 1.12
W. O. Carter
6.45
Dana Dudley
.50
E. E. Eaton .
10.50
436.13
Elementary-Repairs, Supplies, etc. :
J. Wallace Grace
113.30
W. O. Carter
133.15
John Middleton
34.55
H. F. Miller Sons' Piano Co.
3.00
Geo. H. Taylor
217.95
Lucas Bros.
36.50
Chas. Doyle
38.50
W. A. Prescott
482.19
C. Bowering
95.51
H. S. Dallman Co.
14.70
H. A. Feindal
32.85
Otto Johnson
149.47
G. W. Beasley
2.85
A. E. Burton Co.
25.50
W. H. Frawley
24.68
Frank Jameson
80.35
Milton Bradley
.26
Edw. S. Hitchcock
1.00
Henry C. Doughty
55.00
Chas. D. Featherstone
1.50
Jas. Findlay & Co.
3.95
Thos. P. Loughlin
63.60
Dana Dudley
7.55
John Ardill
34.15
John Minniken
1.90
A. T. Sederquest.
50.43
Albert Heath
22.00
Water Dept.
276.00
W. E. Knox
145.23
Wm. T. McAlpine
11.20
W. S. Atherton .
1.06
Standard Oil Co.
2.75
A. A. Butler
26.00
Simon Dulong
68.10
Edward Mangerie
60.00
Jas. J. Millerick
65.00
W. A. Gilchrist
39.55
G. P. Anderson .
.91
Bonney & Dutton
1.25
Hugh Morgan
309.00
S. M. Seabury
71.50
229
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Light Dept.
6.33
W. J. Moore
42.00
Moth Dept.
11.25
George Dow
7.50
W. E. Wanamaker
13.80
Various persons .
11.25
E. E. Eaton
97.50
S. M. Howes
41.88
Mass. Comm. for Blind
8.32
Killoran Con. Co.
3.25
Troop C, Boy Scouts
45.00
Stone, Underhill Co. .
158.75
Masury-Young Co.
4.75
Knox, Morse Co.
20.69
M. J. Hallisy
8.50
C. J. Tagliabue Mfg. Co.
67.13
Curry Bros. Oil Co.
20.58
W. E. Simm
4.00
Light Dept.
12.21
E. E. Lee
4.04
John G. Reid
2.42
3,395.09
High-Fuel and Light:
Curley Bros.
78.63
Light Plant
81.51
Thos. Hickey
887.70
Killoran Con. Co.
10.00
L. E. Bennett
777.00
1,834.84
Elementary-Fuel and Light:
Curley Bros.
2,747.63
Light Dept.
161.32
L. E. Bennett
491.85
Killoran Con. Co.
98.50
Thomas Hickey
2,066.55
A. L. Mansfield .
11.00
5,576.85
Furniture and Furnishings-High:
Macey, Stetson-Morris Co.
10.00
Morrison, Skinner Co.
9.00
19.00
Furniture and Furnishings-Elementary :
Educational Specialties . 10.00
George F. Wilson
20.00
30.00
$101,468.72
Balance Dec. 31
1,331.28
$102,800.00 $102,800.00
230
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
TRADE SCHOOL
Appropriation
$500.00
DEBIT
City of Boston, tuition .
$181.71
Town of Reading
104.00
$285.71
Balance Dec. 31
214.29
$500.00
$500.00
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT
CREDIT
Appropriation
$2,630.00
Dog Tax .
792.67
Interest, Trust Funds
247.70
DEBIT
Salaries and Wages:
H. Gertrude Lee, Librarian
$750.00
Assistant librarians 725.69 $1,475.69
Books:
W. B. Clarke Co.
124.18
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
23.06
De Wolfe, Fiske Co. .
623.82
Ginn & Co. .
12.53
Educational Pub. Co.
12.06
Silver Burdette Co.
5.38
H. R. Huntting .
43.12
H. W. Wilson Co.
14.25
Little, Brown Co.
4.68
Porter E. Sargent
2.25
American Book Co.
7.36
Old Corner Book Store
5.85
R. H. Hinckley Co.
41.04
919.58
Reading Room:
Various persons, pay roll
141.05
John Middleton .
7.45
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co.
128.28
H. W. Wilson Co.
14.00
CREDIT
231
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
C. F. Mansfield
149.71
Lucas Bros.
1.50
Mass. Soc. of May. Desc.
3.00
L. L. McMasters
27.00
H. M. Meek Pub. Co.
4.00
Gaylord Bros.
19.47
A. L. A. Pub. Board .
2.14 497.60
Binding :
L. A. Wells
296.20
Light :
Light Dept.
198.38
Repairs, Furniture and Furnishings :
George H. Taylor
2.76
Edward Mangeri
12.00
Lucas Bros.
1.00
15.76
Stationery and Postage:
H. M. Dolbeare .
77.10
Ward's .
4.90
Falcon Press
36.00
W. S. Greenough & Co.
9.10
L. L. MacMaster
12.41
H. B. MacArdle
3.00
Gaylord Bros.
1.10
143.61
All Other:
A. B. Comins
9.65
Amer. Lib. Ass'n, dues
5.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
17.46
Gaylord Bros
6.99
C. Latimer
26.00
Bobbs, Merrill Co.
1.39
F. J. Lenoir
5.00
Petty cash .
52.06
123.55
$3,670.37
$3,670.37
PARK DEPARTMENT
CREDIT
Appropriation
$2,600.00
Interest from Trust Funds
105.00
DEBIT
George W. Abbott, Secretary, 12
mo. to Dec. 31
$50.00
232
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Administration :
Lucy E. Braxton, typewriting . .45
Geo. W. Abbott, printing . 24.29
H. M. Dolbeare, printing . 9.00 33.74
Labor:
Various persons, pay roll . 1,060.34
Bath House:
Various persons, pay roll . 274.35
Band Concerts:
Lynn Cadet Band
184.80
Salem Cadet Band
·
.
94.00
278.80
All Other:
S. M. Seabury
37.50
J. W. Grace
22.83
Chas. Doyle
437.80
Geo. H. Taylor
50.19
Bowser & Co.
.67
Curley Bros.
2.50
M. H. Carter
52.30
Water Dept.
180.45
A. B. Comins
6.00
Eugene Lenners
1.50
Geo. W. Abbott .
3.40
R. & J. Farquhar & Co.
2.50
E. E. Gray Co.
.50
Various persons, pay roll
7.88
Teague & Cobb
98.10
C. S. Knowles
11.40
Light Dept.
4.60
Wm. T. Murray, repairs
23.00
Wanamaker & Feindal
10.55
Killoran Con. Co.
54.00
1,007.77
$2,705.00
$2,705.00
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT
CREDIT
Appropriation
$1,200.00
DEBIT
H. M. Dolbeare, printing, etc. $26.15
G. W. Abbott, printing, etc. .
·
22.47
233
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
G. H. Taylor, sundry
9.76
T. G. O'Connell, P. M. .
2.50
H. B. McArdle
1.00
Carter's Ink Co.
2.20
A. A. Mansfield, weighing coal
40.98
H. A. Feindal, sign
8.00
Water Dept., water rates
16.25
John M. Cate, Agent, soldiers' burial
50.00
$179.31
Transferred to Treasurer's Acct.
60.00
Transferred to Greenwood Fire Escape Account .
76.00
Transferred to Town Hall
300.00
Transferred to Highway Dept.
150.00
586.00
$765.31
Balance Dec. 31
434.69
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
MEMORIAL DAY G. A. R.
CREDIT
Appropriation
$350.00
DEBIT
Lakeside Cem. Corp., plants
$5.00
W. W. Bessey & Son, hacks
30.00
Waltham Watch Co., band .
127.65
Geo. O. Maxim, flowers
91.00
Mastern & Wells, flags .
25.62
9.00
Gubby Foundry Co., markers G. W. Abbott, printing
12.75
H. M. Dolbeare, printing
13.10
G. H. S. Driver, sundry
1.48
F. P. Havens, drummer
3.39
Lotus Quartette, singing
26.00
Mrs. E. H. Brown, singing
5.00
$349.99
Balance Dec. 31
.01
$350.00
$350.00
234
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
MEMORIAL DAY S. W. V. CREDIT
Appropriation
$50.00
DEBIT
Reading Brass Band
$30.00
Minot H. Carter, flowers
.
7.00
Wm. F. Barrett, sundry
.
.
13.00
$50.00
$50.00
INSURANCE ACCOUNT CREDIT
Appropriation
$1,300.00
DEBIT
C. F. Hartshorne & Son .
$476.00
A. R. Perkins .
136.00
C. H. Pope
136.00
R. S. Hoffman & Co.
136.00
Clinton L. Bancroft
217.60
Butler Bros.
122.40
1,224.00
Balance Dec. 31
76.00
$1,300.00
$1,300.00
JULY 4th CELEBRATION
CREDIT
Appropriation
$500.00
DEBIT
Wakefield Theatre, children's en-
tertainment
$50.00
Balance Dec. 31
450.00
$500.00
$500.00
FIRE ESCAPE (Greenwood Hose House) CREDIT
Appropriation
$200.00
Transfer from Miss.
76.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
235
DEBIT
H. M. Dolbeare, advertising
$3.00
Geo. T. McLaughlin, fire escape
273.00
$276.00
$276.00
NAHANT STREET WIDENING
CREDIT
Balance from 1916
$356.00
DEBIT
Estella S. Evans, et al, damages
$20.00
Balance Dec. 31
336.00
$356.00
$356.00
STATE TAX AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS .
CREDIT
Appropriation
$48,008.82
DEBIT
State Tax
$28,380.00
Chas. River Basin, interest
$481.20
maintenance
635.81
66 66 bonds
41.90
1,158.91
Met. Park Sink Fund .
248.54
66
interest
1,436.55
66
66
bonds .
82.95
Series No. 2
57.51
66
66
maintenance
672.30
66
bonds .
109.89
66
66
66 (Nantasket), maintenance 189.15
6,638.71
Wellington Bridge .
11.88
Met. Sewer Sink. Fund,
2,410.96
interest
4,767.12
maint.
4,187.51
66
66
60
bonds 453.73
11,819.32
$48,008.82
$48,008.82
66
maintenance
3,420.34
66
interest
421.48
66
60
236
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
MIDDLESEX COUNTY TAX
CREDIT
Appropriation
$12,979.46
DEBIT
County of Middlesex
$12,979.46
$12,979.46
$12,979.46
TEACHERS' RETIREMENT FUND
CREDIT
Deductions from Teachers' Salaries
$2,026.75
DEBIT
Mass. Teachers' Ret. Board
$2,026.75
$2,026.75
$2,026.75
SELECTMENS' ORDERS
1
CREDIT
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1917
$3.65
DEBIT
· Payments 1917
$3.32
Outstanding Dec. 31
.33
$3.65
$3.65
RESERVE FUND
CREDIT
Appropriation
$5,000.00
DEBIT
Transferred to State Aid
$3,000.00
Transferred to Town Hall
1,400.00
Transferred to Legal Dept. .
543.00
$4,943.00
Balance Dec. 31
57.00
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
1
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
237
OAK STREET WIDENING
CREDIT
Balance from 1916
$88.50
DEBIT
Balance Dec. 31
$88.50
$88.50
$88.50
ASSESSORS' MAPS
CREDIT
Appropriation
$200.00
1 DEBIT
Balance Dec. 31
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
GREENWOOD SCHOOL PLUMBING CREDIT
Appropriation
$500.00
DEBIT
W. A. Gilchrist, plumbing $457.75
W. J. Moore, carpenter work 42.25 $500.00
$500.00
$500.00
QUANNAPOWITT BOULEVARD
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1917
$401.00
DEBIT
Balance Dec. 31
$401.00
$401.00
$401.00
WATER STREET WIDENING CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1917
$165.00
4
238
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Balance Dec. 31
$165.00
$165.00
$165.00
COURT FINES
CREDIT
W. B. Tyler, Clerk of Court . $521.55
DEBIT
W. B. Tyler, officers' fees, ex-
penses
$116.34
Balance Dec. 31
405.21
$521.55
$521.55
NEW MONTROSE SCHOOL
CREDIT
Appropriation
$25,000.00
DEBIT
Clarence E. Carter, surveying
$41.44
Geo. H. Stowell, Trustee, land
1,650.00
Chester S. Patten, contractor, 1st, 2d, payments
6,188.85
Hoyt & Perkins, architects, 1st,
2d, payments
629.00
$8,509.29
Balance Dec. 31
16,490.71
$25,000.00
$25,000.00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT
GENERAL ACCOUNT
CREDIT
Appropriation
$26,900.00
Receipts 1917
93,911.76
Transfer from Depreciation
694.19
Transfer from Fire Alarm
31.76
DEBIT
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
239
DEBIT
Transferred to Depeeciation Salaries and Wages:
$8,044.83
Commissioners:
Edwin C. Miller, 12 mo. to Dec. 31
$100.00
L. Wallace Sweetser, 12 mo. to Dec. 31 100.00
John M. Cameron, 12 mo. to Dec. 31
100.00
300.00
Sidney L. Cole, Manager
2,087.28
Maud V. Howard, Clerk
1,052.70
Marion O'Neil, Clerk
694.50
Ethel M. Scammon, Clerk
504.00
Marjorie L. Hawks, Clerk
66.00
2,317.20
Labor, as per pay roll
28,084.52
Various persons, payment on
loans ·
13,500.00
Various persons, payment int. .
3,283.75
Printing, Postage and Advertising:
H. B. McArdle
27.90
H. M. Dolbeare .
421.60
W. S. Greenough & Co.
143.83
Library Bureau
34.50
G. E. Dunbar Co.
34.50
L. L. McMaster
2.10
Addressograph Co.
1.68
Geo. W. Abbott
37.50
C. F. Young
4.50
C. S. Binner Co.
9.17
H. M. Meek Pub. Co.
15.00
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co.
2.93
735.21
Telephone:
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
240.59
Office Expense :
Harvey S. Parker
6.00
Ora L. Milbury
5.35
Ward's
6.00
Addressograph Co.
17.57
Burroughs Ad. Mach.
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